Course Description
Skilful Ways to Deal with Challenging Emotions
🌋 How are you feeling? Positive emotions like love can be a profound source of connection and joy. However, pleasant feelings often give rise to desire—a quiet craving that pulls us off balance and, without our noticing, may lead us to harm ourselves or others. Unpleasant feelings can stir aversion or anger, gradually corroding and harming our relationships. At times, deluded states of mind trap us in repetitive mental loops—patterns we know are unhelpful, yet still feel unable to break free from.
This series is based on the book “How to Solve Our Human Problems” by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
Topics
Aug 21 – Butterflies
How true love keeps our heart peaceful
Aug 28 – Coping with Separation
How patient acceptance brings ease to the mind
Sep 04 – Unwinding the Overthinking Mind
How to stop the internal turmoil
Sep 11 – Anger That Feels Just
The illusion of righteous certainty
Sep 18 – Bottled-Up Rage
Finding freedom from chronic tension
Who It’s For
Everyone is welcome! Come as you are.
This course offers space to pause, breathe deeply, and reconnect with yourself. Whether you’re new to meditation or already on a journey of inner work, this is a space to slow down and find balance amid the emotional weather of modern life: work stress, heartbreak, uncertainty, longing—and everything in between.
Join us and connect with others on a similar journey of self-discovery. You can also stay afterwards, have a refreshment together, and be a part of an inspiring and meaningful community ♡
Teacher
Volker Knab has been into Kadampa Buddhism for 20 years now, both studying and practicing it. Meditation really helps him stay cool and balanced at work, even when things get stressful. He really cares about sharing the helpful ideas and down-to-earth tools of Kadampa Buddhism in a way that’s clear, friendly, and easy for beginners to get into.